Woman severely burned in e-cigarette explosion (it was a mech mod)

[sofarsogood]

Woman severely burned in e-cigarette explosion | WINK NEWS

“I grabbed up my vape and as soon as I pressed the button, it exploded in my face,” Koziol said.

According to an incident report, Koziol ran from her car and went inside her friend’s house to tell them what happened and when she returned, she realized her vehicle was up in flames.

Koziol was transported to NCH Downtown where she was treated and later released.

“My lip is busted. After I left the hospital, I found a big cut underneath my, on the bottom of my lip, on the inside and my teeth on the front, behind they’re messed up. I’m missing some of my teeth,” Koziol said.

The 30-year-old says she’s been vaping for three years and knows how to use the device.

“I know how to build my own coils, I know how to check the ohms, I know what I’m doing. I’ve been doing it for years,” Koziol said.

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[Lessifer]

Where do you see that it was a mech mod? I didn't see any details about device, atomizer, or battery.

 

[sofarsogood]

Where do you see that it was a mech mod? I didn't see any details about device, atomizer, or battery.

To peice it together I had to read half a dozen stories about the same event. On report called it a modified ecigarette, another called it Tugboat brand. It was a mech mod in experienced hands. I wonder what mistake she made. Time to summon the distinguished panel of experts for some long distance ecig forensics.

On ebay and fasttech I see tugboat drippers paired with mech mods. Apparently it blew the moment she pressed the button. Would putting the battery in backwards do that?

 

[Train2]

Just guessing... since you said tugboat...

 

[Lessifer]

To peice it together I had to read half a dozen stories about the same event. On report called it a modified ecigarette, another called it Tugboat brand. It was a mech mod in experienced hands. I wonder what mistake she made. Time to summon the distinguished panel of experts for some long distance ecig forensics.

Impossible to guess without actual details.

 

[supertrunker]

Just goes to show that it could happen to any of us. Death by cherry flavour.

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[Train2]

Oh, but I disagree! With no facts, it's quite easy to guess!

I'm gonna blame it on the poorly built cloned hybrid mech sporting noname batteries with torn wrappings!


+++edit - either that, or could be the diacetyl exploded.

Impossible to guess without actual details.

 

[Vaslovik]

Gosh, it really does seem there is a sudden profusion of such incidents of late. One has to wonder...

 

[sonicbomb]

Man that's some savagely bad press...

 

[supertrunker]

i'd blame Genesis atties but only because i like to make you smile Vas.

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[Scottitude]

If this person really did know what she was doing she wouldn't say she knows how to "check the ohms".

Just like people that know how to cook check the temperature, not the degrees.

 

[Chuck64]

I read about another mishap in Naples, FL just recently. It involved a man but was similar. I grew up down there. Couldn't afford to continue living there.

 

[Chuck64]

Here it is.

 

[sofarsogood]

Impossible to guess without actual details.

I've made it part of my hobby to read as much ecig news as I can find anywhere in the world. I've probably seen all the ecig accident stories that google shows me. There are three kinds of events that get reported. Charging accidents, pocket carry accidents, and vaping acccidents. Most but not all the pocket carry stuff is about loose batteries and a few buttion presses on mech mods. As far as I can tell nearly all the reported in-use accidents seem to be with mech mods. This one is unusual because it's a woman AND she's experienced. The reference to a tugboat brand is meaningless because certainly the setup is cloned parts but it still can be considered a home made device that was mishandled. But may be it was a defective battery. That's when the design should provide for venting. I like the magnetic battery doors. No venting limitations there. May be there are a few regulated mods that vented in use but apparently they had adeqate ventilation and didn't do serious harm.

 

[mudmanc4]

Why is it when something happens such as heck, a weather event, we see, and read what appears to be realistic data. But each one of these stories of and it's always 'exploding ecig' , the text is warped to the point a 5th grader could do better. Satire sites are better.

 

[pennysmalls]

Just because she's been vaping for three years doesn't mean she knows what she's doing. She could have just recently gotten into rebuilding after being a tank vaper for 2 1/2 years and may have learned everything she knows about building from a vape shop that doesn't teach building over .5 ohm. And no mention of batteries. There are not enough facts presented. Not nearly enough.

 

[roxynoodle]

I just read another account that said the firemen couldn't locate it in the car. If that's the case I don't think we will determine an answer.

 

[Pushbutton]

Well drippers don't explode. Could have been one of those tugboat branded clone mechboxes. Pretty sure I saw some of them not even having a mosfet.

I am of course speculating.

 

[Kent C]

And no mention of batteries.

One NBC report says it was a 40 Watt battery.... that's all though.

 

[WharfRat1976]

Without reading the story the FACT is her gear SHORTED.

ANY SHORT is user error REGARDLESS of how the SHORT occurred.

ANY QUESTIONS?

(Please like this post if it makes me sound lke an ......[emoji12])

The link posted by Chuck Parsons above is the Florida incident involving Evan spahlinger, a kid....not a woman.